I don't know quite why this show is so entertaining. It's not just the format. Perhaps because: a) it attracted the top stars of the day, b) the panel members are likeable, & c) John Daly is the perfect host - very gentlemanly & amusing. Also, you learn things. I'd only heard of Sophie Tucker, now I'll look up more.
I noticed that all four of the panel stood up to shake hands with Sophie Tucker. The women usually remain seated at that point. Shows what a legend Sophie Tucker was!
Sophie Tucker (born Sofia Kalish; January 13, 1886[4][5] - February 9, 1966) was a Russian-born American singer, comedian, actress, and radio personality. Known for her powerful delivery of comical and risqué songs, she was one of the most popular entertainers in the U.S. during the first half of the 20th century. She was known by the nickname "The Last of the Red Hot Mamas".[4]
Annemarie, you are so right!! Sophie Tucker just naturally commanded the love and respect of the American public. She was "up there" with a rare handful of others such as James Cagney, Jimmy Stewart, and Jimmy Durante just to name a few!!
It looks odd to my modern eye to see the women stay seated. I remember when I was a girl, I wasn't sure what to do. I was female but not an adult so was I supposed to stand to show respect to an adult?
Can you imagine what it must have been like to have been on that panel and have met all those incredible legends week after week, though the panel members were legends in their own right?
@@L4sleeko It would not been meant as any disrespect to Audie Murphy. It was the custom of the time for older women to take precedence in things like offering their own hands for shaking in greeting or one standing to acknowledge them entering or leaving a room. So, while sometimes one might override the custom, if it occurred to one quickly in the moment to do so, it would not have been the custom for a woman to stand for a man, but she might do so if younger to show admiration for a Sophie Tucker or an Eleanor Roosevelt or an Ethel Barrymore, who were major contributors in their fields or to society. I think they did both rise halfway to greet Frank Lloyd Wright, the architect, when he was the MG.
It's funny how Arlene throws out a guess on some shows as if she's joking, but she's actually gauging the audience reaction to see if she's on the right track and if she isn't she avoids getting a "no" answer because she didn't really ask a direct question. I've seen her use this tactic several times. Worked great for her on this episode when she said "it would be heaven if you taught them English". and the crowd squealed and the game was over.
Arlene was the master of this technique, which I'm convinced was absolutely deliberate. Her personal charm is what makes it all appear so innocent, but it was sorta, kinda cheating. In a way. :)
Jeff Vaughn All three of the regulars have done it for some time, and it's always struck me as dishonest. Martin Gabel wouldn't do it, imo, but then we've also seen him take a no as the "honorable" (in his words) thing to do where his wife will go to any lengths to try to wriggle out of one. Dorothy will, too. Not only do they argue/wheedle with John aggressively, but they also seem to have developed the tactic of stringing out a question into generalities as they sense they may be about to get a no.
Imagine my surprise, managing to catch sight of a Singaporean who teaches English appearing in What's My Line? after 66 years on, today (January 21, 2023).
Singapore was a British colony for about 140 years. English is one of the four official languages of Singapore and it is spoken at home by more people than any other language (36.9% compared to 34.9% for Mandarin; Malay and Tamil are the other official languages but many other languages, mostly other varieties of Chinese, are the primary tongues of Singapore residents). English is the common language that favors neither the Chinese or Malay or Indian residents. It is the language of business, government and instruction in the school system. Only 20% of the population cannot read or write English. I have a half dozen Chinese clients who are natives of Singapore. I have communicated with them in writing and occasionally orally. Their English is excellent and based on UK English rather than US English.
The English spoken in Singapore lacks a distinct British accent, which surprised me the first time I landed in Singapore. It seems like simply "crystal clear English," if there were such a thing. Another analogy might be like the Spanish spoken in Chile, as opposed to Mexico or even Spain. I might describe it as "unmummbled, unjummbled, unslurred, and understandable by any speaker of the language, no matter what their own dialect or accent is.
We do have our distinct accent, or rather, accents, depending on one's family and schooling background. For a small country of only 5 million we actually have quite an astounding number of sociolects.
@@Dolphin-cb9sq Yes, it was the custom of the day that the only person getting higher deference in social pieties, like forms of greeting, to a younger woman would be an older woman. So, it was appropriate for them to stand while greeting an older woman, though they extended that to include older men who were great contributors, like Frank Lloyd Wright when he was the MG. It was not to diminish in any way younger folks or men who were heroes or those of considerable accomplishment within their fields or society.
They stood for several other contestants. Twice, they stood for 2 different Commissioners of the National Mint Department. They stood for Royalty more than once. They stood for female contestants who had occupations that were dominated by men. When you watch a lot of WML videos, you will notice this.
George Burns said, "For fifty years, Sophie Tucker billed herself as last of the red hot mamas. I thought to myself that's a long time to be a red hot mama, it's also a long time to be the last of anything."
I googled Lois Hill, the mink trapper. She and her husband built and developed a resort in Priest Lake, ID on the lake’s shores that is still in operation today (2019), run by their children. Lois died in 2016.
I was curious about the "Q" and Wiki tells me: "Lewis added the middle initial "Q" to his name accidentally on the air in 1942, when he responded to a reference to radio comedian F. Chase Taylor's character, Colonel Lemuel Q. Stoopnagle, by saying, "and this is Robert Q. Lewis."[citation needed] He subsequently decided to retain the initial, telling interviewers that it stood for "Quizzical."" -- haha!
In the film "Broadway Melody of 1938," Sophie Tucker plays Judy Garland's mother pre-Wizard of Oz. Sophie has a couple of numbers and Judy sings "Dear Mr. Gable" to Clark Gable, not Martin Gabel.
I'm just thinking about how Arlene Francis so aptly, and so quickly, figured out the occupation of the gentleman from Singapore who taught English in his home country. And with this acknowledgement, I would think that if you were a child growing up in her household, you would not be able to get away with anything of a "negative" connotation because of her ability to aptly "read" body language and vocal stresses, both of which, separately or together, would give yourself away immediately. She was an incredibly insightful and funny woman.
At the outdo when Tucker making for exit and, clutching Sullivan hand - Ed pulls Miss Sophie back for another call - and, after booking her after she’d had illness, Sullivan and knowledgeable fans were not entirely sure that Tucker would make her normal trouper “show must go on” Vaudevile two-a-day, rising to the occasion show. When, on this excellent showcase, we see Tucker in top form. And, Sullivan, seems choked with emotion, only able to utter her name. For her part, Tucker gives an obviously heartfelt, “Thank You” Real mutual respect and gratitude.
In 1963 Paul McCartney introduced the next song they were playing by saying, this song is called, “Till There Was You” also recorded by our favorite American group, Sophie Tucker
If you’ve seen the movie Chicago, her name is mentioned in one of the songs. “And Sophie Tucker will **** I know, to see her name in lights below... Roxie Hart.”
Mr. Lewis is a little less... grating... than usual, and his ongoing tendency to have better hearing than the other panelists stood him in good stead with Miss Tucker. (The time he figured out someone was using a fake accent was a prime example of this sort of thing.)
I, for one, always liked Lewis. I found his personality charming (especially, as you say, in comparison with some other guest panelists) and unlike some others, he was a good contributor to the proceedings, almost as sharp as Dorothy.
Robert Q. Lewis misused the term "unique" while questioning the first contestant. The word "unique" is NOT a synonym for "unusual", the former meaning "one of a kind", the latter meaning "out of the ordinary".
In that segment with the English teacher, why would John Charles Daly say that any of the panelists could avail themselves of the service of an English teacher?
Actually from what I've read mink have few natural enemies. They are occasionally killed by coyotes, bobcats and other carnivores, but their main threat is humans.
I guess you can name almost any animal these days and it's biggest threat would be us. We are responsible for wiping out entire species either directly or indirectly and continue to do that with ever increasing rate.
No better way to instruct or learn proper English than to ask students to watch John Daly and panelists on WML.... the Singaporeans have become excellent English speakers.
@@robertjean5782 If that's even true, that's at least one good thing. Still, they shouldn't make killing animals a "sport" to entertain others. I find that creepy and sociopathic.
It is such a wasted opportunity to see Sophie Tucker whisked off the set as soon as her identity was guessed. John should have kept her longer and had a conversation with her! She deserved bvetter treatment than she received.
The reason other animals won't eat mink is because they don't want to pay for the expensive fur coat if they should damage it with their teeth. (I know that's true because I gargled it on the internot!) ~ This is such a relaxing and charming program, but it does annoy me (on occasion) when Dorothy Killgallon gets her knots in a short because of "forgetting" that it's just a TV game show, and that it is not something where one needs to feel so competitive...and needs to (always?) be right. And I do enjoy Mr. Daley's dramatic gesticulations when they add a particular "emphasis" to a particularly funny situation, as well as his great sense of humor and perfect timing that goes with it.
@@robertjean5782 Well, she was from Idaho, and there must be some animals who eat carcasses. There are vultures and condors, and also some mammals which do that.
I love your shows, all of them, always but I can't help it, times are different I know, but I have to thumbs down the videos that involve hunting, trapping poaching, skinning, whatever abuse to animals just for trophies or their fur. I can't abide by it.
How is that any different than beheading cotton plants to harvest their fibers, or to generate tons of pollution in producing synthetic, petroleum-based materials for clothing?
Sophie could get away with stealing material from black entertainers because she could perform in venues where black entertainers were not allowed to. I can't help but wonder if Robert Q. Lewis wasn't just a touch tipsy in this one. He seemed fuzzy and rambling, and both Arlene and Bennett looked a little impatient with him. I don't think Bennett cared for Lewis, he actually snapped at him once when Lewis was rambling on when they were short on time.
+netram28 "Fuzzy"? I politely disagree. I'm pretty sure he was coming to more or less the same conclusion regarding the line of the first contestant as Arlene came to; he simply overshot on the extent of the qualifications needed. He precisely and humorous zeroed in on the line of the second contestant. He was the first to at least suspect that the mystery guest was *not* male, and paved the way for Arlene's ultimate guess of Sophie Tucker, and all his questions regarding the final guest were crafted with care, even though he received a technical knockout on his final question.
Unless intended as rhetoric, your question is easily answered. Different people respect different attributes. Unsurprisingly, the panel respected iconic, late career entertainers; apparently you respect nationalistic, brave heroes. Given a choice, I’d prefer to stand for a top scientist, rather than Sophie or Audie. Actually, weren’t Einstein and Oppenheimer, and those engineers who perfected radar and mathematicians who broke codes, more responsible for WWII victory than any individual soldier.
Ladies did Not Stand up for men. That was part of the manners of that time. I suppose their standing up for Sophie must have been like a standing ovation today.
"It COULDN'T BE.............. .. . ..." .. but OF *COURSE* You KNOW .!.!!!, Ohh Great, Powerful, and All Knowing Lewis !.. 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄😝🙄🤢🤦♂️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️. Jeez was his pompous hubris offensive.. Not to mention and to go (hand in hand) along with (obscenely) disrespectful and (often/usually) irreverent. he's Unfortunately the Sole panelist (EVER) on this Lovely Show/panel that (just as Unfortunately) I wish would get the thanos "snap" treatment.. .🙄😝🙄🙄🙄🤦♂️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
oksills it has been said that a lot of her music and all around style was stolen from lesser known actually black artists and appropriated into her own sets and songs.
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I don't know quite why this show is so entertaining. It's not just the format. Perhaps because: a) it attracted the top stars of the day, b) the panel members are likeable, & c) John Daly is the perfect host - very gentlemanly & amusing. Also, you learn things. I'd only heard of Sophie Tucker, now I'll look up more.
And it is the word play / verbal banter.
and people are POLITE... rare today
It's so topical but at the same time universal. Everything about it is appealing.
A lot of class in this show.
Start with her autobiography!!
I noticed that all four of the panel stood up to shake hands with Sophie Tucker. The women usually remain seated at that point. Shows what a legend Sophie Tucker was!
R E S P E C T
Sophie Tucker (born Sofia Kalish; January 13, 1886[4][5] - February 9, 1966) was a Russian-born American singer, comedian, actress, and radio personality. Known for her powerful delivery of comical and risqué songs, she was one of the most popular entertainers in the U.S. during the first half of the 20th century. She was known by the nickname "The Last of the Red Hot Mamas".[4]
Annemarie, you are so right!! Sophie Tucker just naturally commanded the love and respect of the American public. She was "up there" with a rare handful of others such as James Cagney, Jimmy Stewart, and Jimmy Durante just to name a few!!
I noticed that too. It was extremely rare.... but she definitely deserved it
It looks odd to my modern eye to see the women stay seated. I remember when I was a girl, I wasn't sure what to do. I was female but not an adult so was I supposed to stand to show respect to an adult?
I don't know anything about Sophie Tucker, but when the women stood for her, that really meant something for the time.
Last of the Red Hot Mamas
She was a great artist, and a great human being.
I absolutely adore Sophie Tucker! I got a CD of her earliest recordings (1911?-1922) for Christmas, been listening to it ever since!
coolness: am gonna look 'em up now
The panel is so amusing and work so well together. The guests are so good also 💕 this program.
sophie deserves to be honored in her fashion her style her way and her walk and talk . THAT IS SOPHIE TUCKER
Sophie Tucker was one of the most important musical stars of the 20th century.
I love when people's shoulders shake when they laugh, like Sophie Tucker's.
Sophie was an icon- notice how all the panelists stood for her! They only did that for a handful of mystery guests.
wiguy3 Re: "Sophie was an icon...."
What happened when you clicked on her?
wiguy3 - And such applause she got from the studio audience!
Can you imagine what it must have been like to have been on that panel and have met all those incredible legends week after week, though the panel members were legends in their own right?
Note that Arlene and Dorothy stood to greet Sophie.
@@L4sleeko It would not been meant as any disrespect to Audie Murphy. It was the custom of the time for older women to take precedence in things like offering their own hands for shaking in greeting or one standing to acknowledge them entering or leaving a room. So, while sometimes one might override the custom, if it occurred to one quickly in the moment to do so, it would not have been the custom for a woman to stand for a man, but she might do so if younger to show admiration for a Sophie Tucker or an Eleanor Roosevelt or an Ethel Barrymore, who were major contributors in their fields or to society. I think they did both rise halfway to greet Frank Lloyd Wright, the architect, when he was the MG.
@@L4sleeko I'm sure it was because Tucker was an older woman and Murphy was a man.
They should have stood, as he was a Medal of Honor recipient, I believe.
Great to see the antics and also Sophie Tucker ❤
Sophie Tucker,, got her autograph,,
They all stood for Sophie Tucker!
Sophie Tucker is mesmerizing.
It's funny how Arlene throws out a guess on some shows as if she's joking, but she's actually gauging the audience reaction to see if she's on the right track and if she isn't she avoids getting a "no" answer because she didn't really ask a direct question. I've seen her use this tactic several times. Worked great for her on this episode when she said "it would be heaven if you taught them English". and the crowd squealed and the game was over.
I have noticed that pattern too. If the audience hadn't responded so vividly to her remarks it all would have been in vain.
Arlene was the master of this technique, which I'm convinced was absolutely deliberate. Her personal charm is what makes it all appear so innocent, but it was sorta, kinda cheating. In a way. :)
Yes, it was brilliant and she always acted so surprised when the audience would react. I love it!
She is not the only one that does it, some times you hear a panelist say according to the audience.
Jeff Vaughn All three of the regulars have done it for some time, and it's always struck me as dishonest. Martin Gabel wouldn't do it, imo, but then we've also seen him take a no as the "honorable" (in his words) thing to do where his wife will go to any lengths to try to wriggle out of one. Dorothy will, too. Not only do they argue/wheedle with John aggressively, but they also seem to have developed the tactic of stringing out a question into generalities as they sense they may be about to get a no.
Sweet that everybody stood up for Sophie Tucker and that Sophie Tucker acknowledged the audience. ❤
I wish John gave Sophie Tucker time to talk after they guessed her!
I think she was in a hurry herself.
@@shahriar1111 I agree, she got up so quickly that I think even John was a little surprised.
The women stood up for her out of respect...if you watch the show you see they rarely do that.
WML NOT a talk show 😊
@@robertjean5782 Nonsense answer
I listened to the ovation Sophie gets coming out, and clear as a bell, some A**hole shouts out Tucker!!
Imagine my surprise, managing to catch sight of a Singaporean who teaches English appearing in What's My Line? after 66 years on, today (January 21, 2023).
Singapore was a British colony for about 140 years. English is one of the four official languages of Singapore and it is spoken at home by more people than any other language (36.9% compared to 34.9% for Mandarin; Malay and Tamil are the other official languages but many other languages, mostly other varieties of Chinese, are the primary tongues of Singapore residents). English is the common language that favors neither the Chinese or Malay or Indian residents. It is the language of business, government and instruction in the school system. Only 20% of the population cannot read or write English.
I have a half dozen Chinese clients who are natives of Singapore. I have communicated with them in writing and occasionally orally. Their English is excellent and based on UK English rather than US English.
The English spoken in Singapore lacks a distinct British accent, which surprised me the first time I landed in Singapore. It seems like simply "crystal clear English," if there were such a thing. Another analogy might be like the Spanish spoken in Chile, as opposed to Mexico or even Spain. I might describe it as "unmummbled, unjummbled, unslurred, and understandable by any speaker of the language, no matter what their own dialect or accent is.
We do have our distinct accent, or rather, accents, depending on one's family and schooling background. For a small country of only 5 million we actually have quite an astounding number of sociolects.
@@loissimmons6558 You're the Google for our information!!
Paul McCartney said Sophie was The Beatles favorite American group as a joke, and she was asked if she was a group. Kind of ironic.
Oh wow. Amy Edwards wrote the letter r like my mother did. That was out of fashion when I went to school in the early 60's.
The only other woman I've seen for whom the entire panel stood was Eleanor Roosevelt. I guess both were considered American royalty.
They also stood on one episode to shake hands with a Japanese senator (lady).
Quite often the women would stand for an elderly person.
@@Dolphin-cb9sq Yes, it was the custom of the day that the only person getting higher deference in social pieties, like forms of greeting, to a younger woman would be an older woman. So, it was appropriate for them to stand while greeting an older woman, though they extended that to include older men who were great contributors, like Frank Lloyd Wright when he was the MG. It was not to diminish in any way younger folks or men who were heroes or those of considerable accomplishment within their fields or society.
They stood for several other contestants. Twice, they stood for 2 different Commissioners of the National Mint Department. They stood for Royalty more than once. They stood for female contestants who had occupations that were dominated by men. When you watch a lot of WML videos, you will notice this.
@@lynettepalecek3141 Dorothy also stood for Roman Catholic clergy.
George Burns said, "For fifty years, Sophie Tucker billed herself as last of the red hot mamas. I thought to myself that's a long time to be a red hot mama, it's also a long time to be the last of anything."
Haa
Paul mccartney said the Beatles favorite American music group was Sophie tucker.
Arlene & Dorothy showed such respect to Sophie.
I googled Lois Hill, the mink trapper. She and her husband built and developed a resort in Priest Lake, ID on the lake’s shores that is still in operation today (2019), run by their children. Lois died in 2016.
I appreciate the extra information 😊
@@gabe-po9yi how would you know it is the same Lois Hill?
I was curious about the "Q" and Wiki tells me: "Lewis added the middle initial "Q" to his name accidentally on the air in 1942, when he responded to a reference to radio comedian F. Chase Taylor's character, Colonel Lemuel Q. Stoopnagle, by saying, "and this is Robert Q. Lewis."[citation needed] He subsequently decided to retain the initial, telling interviewers that it stood for "Quizzical."" -- haha!
In the film "Broadway Melody of 1938," Sophie Tucker plays Judy Garland's mother pre-Wizard of Oz. Sophie has a couple of numbers and Judy sings "Dear Mr. Gable" to Clark Gable, not Martin Gabel.
Nobody today would admit to trapping minks!
It's very popular worldwide.
🙄
Go eat your hamburger Mags
That second lady; the Mink Trapper, I liked the neckline of her dress. I'd like to get a dress with that kind of a neckline
High class shows and entertainment that we do not have today
Always love Dorothy and Arlene's side eye / once over as the female guests are leaving
This show was fun! Is someone answering for our guest? LOLOL
Lewis had the most unusual face. One moment he looked extremely handsome, and the next extremely homely. Depending on the angle and his expression.
He was a handsome man, even with his face scrunched. I was born 30 years too late❣
Robert Q. Lewis, homely? Never! He was a true hottie!
@@belindaalbright8798 And he was born 30 years too early to be fully himself in public.
I'm just thinking about how Arlene Francis so aptly, and so quickly, figured out the occupation of the gentleman from Singapore who taught English in his home country. And with this acknowledgement, I would think that if you were a child growing up in her household, you would not be able to get away with anything of a "negative" connotation because of her ability to aptly "read" body language and vocal stresses, both of which, separately or together, would give yourself away immediately. She was an incredibly insightful and funny woman.
Arlene was joking when she gave that answer😊
Daly got himself a new assistant with the mink lady lol
At the outdo when Tucker making for exit and, clutching Sullivan hand - Ed pulls Miss Sophie back for another call - and, after booking her after she’d had illness, Sullivan and knowledgeable fans were not entirely sure that Tucker would make her normal trouper “show must go on” Vaudevile two-a-day, rising to the occasion show. When, on this excellent showcase, we see Tucker in top form. And, Sullivan, seems choked with emotion, only able to utter her name. For her part, Tucker gives an obviously heartfelt, “Thank You” Real mutual respect and gratitude.
In 1963 Paul McCartney introduced the next song they were playing by saying, this song is called, “Till There Was You” also recorded by our favorite American group, Sophie Tucker
That's good to know. Also, is that really you in the profile pic?
The audience really loved Sophie Tucker, but this is the first I've heard of her.
If you’ve seen the movie Chicago, her name is mentioned in one of the songs. “And Sophie Tucker will **** I know, to see her name in lights below... Roxie Hart.”
@@allisoncarter9827: Technically, it's "to see her name get billed below..." But why be picky. :D
The only thing I know about Sophie Tucker is that Bette Midler is/was a fan and mentioned her frequently.
Soph was a great gal: a real trouper the likes of which are extinct
For once, for Sophie Tucker, even Dorothy and Arlene stood up.
They stood dozens of times for numerous people 😊
Women weren't allowed to stand, other then for dignitaries and major people 😊
A shame that Sophie Tucker was not a guest when Fred Allen was on the panel....
57' was a good year!
Mr. Lewis is a little less... grating... than usual, and his ongoing tendency to have better hearing than the other panelists stood him in good stead with Miss Tucker. (The time he figured out someone was using a fake accent was a prime example of this sort of thing.)
Yep, it was with Louis Jourdan and he stayed focused with the accent and correctly assumed he was French from the way he said 'Hollywood'
I, for one, always liked Lewis. I found his personality charming (especially, as you say, in comparison with some other guest panelists) and unlike some others, he was a good contributor to the proceedings, almost as sharp as Dorothy.
TEACHES ENGLISH
MINK TRAPPER
PRIVATE DETECTIVE
She had an interesting life.
She was a lesbian and had many women lovers or companions.
"Are you a group?"
Michael Klein Paul McCartney thinks so.
+Michael Klein Her timing was perfect on that hysterical question!!
Michael Klein I am.
"Are you a brute?" .. LMAO..
Robert Q. Lewis misused the term "unique" while questioning the first contestant. The word "unique" is NOT a synonym for "unusual", the former meaning "one of a kind", the latter meaning "out of the ordinary".
Quite right, and Mr. Daly also went with it, which quite surprised me.
I feel bad for Amy Edwards, having to follow a legend like Sophie Tucker.
I feel rather glad for her, as she likely met and spoke with Ms. Tucker before and/or after the show.
Robert Q.Lewis was good at WML.
The "Q" was silent: fake middle name
Too bad this game show wasn't in my lifetime.
Birds of prey sometimes eat minks
"The last of the red hot mamas."
I guess I will never order a mink burger.
😂
In that segment with the English teacher, why would John Charles Daly say that any of the panelists could avail themselves of the service of an English teacher?
He was joking that the men panelists need some Engliagh speaking teaching.
I feel like perhaps the studio had a go-to private detective agency they called when the stand-by fourth guests had to cancel last-minute.
Nonsense 😮
Foxes, wolves and bobcats prey on minks. I bet there are other animals as well. Odd that a trapper would not know that.
Actually from what I've read mink have few natural enemies. They are occasionally killed by coyotes, bobcats and other carnivores, but their main threat is humans.
Zac M. That is very true, they only have one real enemy man.
I guess you can name almost any animal these days and it's biggest threat would be us. We are responsible for wiping out entire species either directly or indirectly and continue to do that with ever increasing rate.
kumppi whats the matter with you
Dick Wilson
Nothing. Thanks for asking.
Sophi tucker
nothing eats a mink?
is that true?
my cat ate all sorts of bad tasting things.
RIP Lois Hill (1930-2016) www.heritagefunerals.com/obituary/3836272
Did Bennet REALLY live next door to Arlene as a little boy?!!!!
No, Arlene lived close to Bennett and their sons were friends and went to the same school.
They both lived in Mount Kisco, NY, after they were married to their spouses.
Cerf sold Arlene and Gable land close to him😊
When I was a kid my stepdad took me crabbing and we'd use frozen mink as bait.
No better way to instruct or learn proper English than to ask students to watch John Daly and panelists on WML.... the Singaporeans have become excellent English speakers.
She wouldn’t get away with her occupation today.
Last guest, Amy Edwards. It's too bad she couldn't find a bow big enough...
It was in fashion 70 years ago 😊
One of Sophie Tucker's hits was "Red Hot Mama" perhaps the origin of her moniker 'Last of the Red Hot Mamas'. ruclips.net/video/aw8O1sQfnVQ/видео.html
The lady "mink trapper" would not have that job now! (August, 2024).
It makes me mad watching those types of "lines". Even the bullfighter ones I have to skip. And I eat meat! Lol
Ya think😅
@broughtbThe meat of the bull was given to the poor 😊
@@robertjean5782 If that's even true, that's at least one good thing. Still, they shouldn't make killing animals a "sport" to entertain others. I find that creepy and sociopathic.
@@broughtbackin It's a fact, Google it! Just like alligators, buffalo, cattle, etc.
It is such a wasted opportunity to see Sophie Tucker whisked off the set as soon as her identity was guessed. John should have kept her longer and had a conversation with her! She deserved bvetter treatment than she received.
It might have been her that needed to leave to do a show or somewhere to be.
@@deborahkarp6463Exactly 😊
WML not a talk show, the clock is ticking😊
They had another private detective just a few weeks prior.
And your point😅
The mink farming occupation hasn't age too well. :p
I learned today that minks are sloppy.
is it ever eaten...not by humans and i doubt if the mink has many predators! after all, it IS a predator and a very very active nasty one at that!
Bald eagles will sometimes prey on them. And vultures definitely eat dead ones.
“ Is this product useful?” Why would anybody buy a useless product?
You're be surprised 😅
I have been reading up on Dorothy Kilgallen and she was not a very nice lady.
You can tell she's kind of an entitled bitch.
You should have read up on Bennett Cerf. Google “How Jessica Mitford Took Down A $48m Publishing Industry Scam”
@@GOLDVIOLINbowofdeath WOW! I didn't know that. Thank you for sharing.
@@GOLDVIOLINbowofdeath Thanks.
She was a nice lady
The reason other animals won't eat mink is because they don't want to pay for the expensive fur coat if they should damage it with their teeth. (I know that's true because I gargled it on the internot!) ~ This is such a relaxing and charming program, but it does annoy me (on occasion) when Dorothy Killgallon gets her knots in a short because of "forgetting" that it's just a TV game show, and that it is not something where one needs to feel so competitive...and needs to (always?) be right. And I do enjoy Mr. Daley's dramatic gesticulations when they add a particular "emphasis" to a particularly funny situation, as well as his great sense of humor and perfect timing that goes with it.
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Just bought my wife a mink jacket.
Ill bet she looks beautiful in it.
Women in fur are awesome!
Omg murdering poor little minks!!
lapounddogs lapounddogs lol. They are ruthless hunters. Mean as hell.
"sometimes alive" means if the trap didn't kill them, when she finds them she clubs them to death.
@@MrYfrank14 beat them buggers down.
Go eat your hamburger lap dog
How about the hundreds of millions being killed in Ukraine 😢
ST seemed staged or they knew it washer somehow
Never
Yes there are animals which eat minks so that was a wrong answer.
Not necessarily 😮
@@robertjean5782 yes necessarily. At least ravens eat a dead mink if they see one and are hungry.
@@kasperjoonatan6014 It depends on the area you live in!
@@robertjean5782 Well, she was from Idaho, and there must be some animals who eat carcasses. There are vultures and condors, and also some mammals which do that.
@kasperjoonatan6014 Send a email complaint to her
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Mrs Edwards was a nice looking lady.
I love your shows, all of them, always but I can't help it, times are different I know, but I have to thumbs down the videos that involve hunting, trapping poaching, skinning, whatever abuse to animals just for trophies or their fur. I can't abide by it.
and i gave you a thumbs down.
so, we are even.
How is that any different than beheading cotton plants to harvest their fibers, or to generate tons of pollution in producing synthetic, petroleum-based materials for clothing?
I always skip those parts. Makes me sick.
@@ModMokkaMattiwhat about 100,000 Ukraines being murdered😢
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Sophie Tucker plagiarized a lot of her material from Alberta Hunter.
Jamie Phillips but the voice is all Sophie
Jamie Phillips And "Alboita" was quite the mama herself! Used to see her sing at "The Cookery" down in The Village.
Jamie Phillips How does a singer "plagiarize material"?
Sophie could get away with stealing material from black entertainers because she could perform in venues where black entertainers were not allowed to.
I can't help but wonder if Robert Q. Lewis wasn't just a touch tipsy in this one. He seemed fuzzy and rambling, and both Arlene and Bennett looked a little impatient with him. I don't think Bennett cared for Lewis, he actually snapped at him once when Lewis was rambling on when they were short on time.
+netram28 "Fuzzy"? I politely disagree. I'm pretty sure he was coming to more or less the same conclusion regarding the line of the first contestant as Arlene came to; he simply overshot on the extent of the qualifications needed. He precisely and humorous zeroed in on the line of the second contestant. He was the first to at least suspect that the mystery guest was *not* male, and paved the way for Arlene's ultimate guess of Sophie Tucker, and all his questions regarding the final guest were crafted with care, even though he received a technical knockout on his final question.
Why did the women stand up for sophie tucker but not the most decorated WW2 veteran?
Unless intended as rhetoric, your question is easily answered. Different people respect different attributes. Unsurprisingly, the panel respected iconic, late career entertainers; apparently you respect nationalistic, brave heroes. Given a choice, I’d prefer to stand for a top scientist, rather than Sophie or Audie. Actually, weren’t Einstein and Oppenheimer, and those engineers who perfected radar and mathematicians who broke codes, more responsible for WWII victory than any individual soldier.
Ladies did Not Stand up for men. That was part of the manners of that time.
I suppose their standing up for Sophie must have been like a standing ovation today.
@@rharvey2124It's showing proper etiquette 😊
NORMALCY? We speak proper English... NORMALITY!
"It COULDN'T BE.............. .. . ..."
.. but OF *COURSE* You KNOW .!.!!!, Ohh Great, Powerful, and All Knowing Lewis !..
🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄😝🙄🤢🤦♂️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️.
Jeez was his pompous hubris offensive..
Not to mention and to go (hand in hand) along with (obscenely) disrespectful and (often/usually) irreverent.
he's Unfortunately the Sole panelist (EVER) on this Lovely Show/panel that (just as Unfortunately) I wish would get the thanos "snap" treatment.. .🙄😝🙄🙄🙄🤦♂️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
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All these people are dead.
Go back to bed.
Not all I'm 87 and have attended this show regularly watched live shows from the beginning to end😊
Silly me; I always thought Sophie Tucker was a black lady! Surprise!
oksills it has been said that a lot of her music and all around style was stolen from lesser known actually black artists and appropriated into her own sets and songs.
She was born Jewish and loved her religion. She sang, "My Yiddish Mama"